Month: July 2018

In many instances, the first indication that a healthcare provider may be under government investigation is when it receives a request for documents and records. Although an investigative agency my use informal requests, most often the Department of Justice or the local United States Attorney’s Office formally issues the request as a Civil Investigative Demand, or “CID.” Government’s Authority to Issue CID The False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729…

Very recently, in late June 2018, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Georgia announced that it filed several criminal charges and civil complaints against a range of healthcare providers, including doctors, nurses, and hospital systems, as part of a national healthcare fraud enforcement action. Noting that the action was the largest takedown in the Southern District of Georgia’s history, the criminal charges including unlawful distribution of…